Size 5 “Probably” Making New Ben & Dan

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Despite cancelling third Ben and Dan game Revenge of the Balloon-Headed Mexican, Size Five Games (formerly Zombie Cow) have begun design-drafting a new adventure starring their foul-minded/mouthed point’n’click avatars. Or, at least, they’ve gone down the pub and brainstormed and even made a bunch of ideas and puzzles, ending up with something which might just turn into a full game. The Swindle remains project no.1, but happily we might be in for more crudified Lucasartsesque merriment too. It even has a codename: SOBAD.
Dan Marshall reveals the state of play on his forum here, from which I slovenly quote below:

The question of questions: “SO: will we release it? Probably. I’m not sure how long it’ll take, or how much time I’ve got to dedicate to it (The Swindle is my job, this is just for giggles for when that gets boring) and there’s now a LOT to do. But insofar as avoiding what made Revenge of the Balloon-Headed Mexican disappointing and problematic, I’m pretty happy we’ve managed that.”

Want to see a sequel to Time Gentlemen, Please? Better show your enthusiasm below and hope it reduces Mr Marshall to tears of utmost joy.

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The first two games are bloody marvellous. My only regret is not buying them sooner. I understand the reasoning behind canning the Balloon Headed Mexican game, but hopefully this one won’t fall foul of their high standards.

The first two games were amazing. I played them back to back and Ben There Dan That is one of my favorite games ever, and easily the funniest I have ever played. It reduced me to joyous tears every 10 minutes, and I actually lost it when there was a Chuck Rock reference. Dear Dan, please make SOBAD.

I can’t stand the first two, because of one simple reason: The font is insanely hard to read (and there is no voice-over), and I don’t want to spend my time squinting at a bad font, when I could instead read a good book.

The things I would do to get SOBAD released are so bad. I’m so bad at explaining the so bad things I would do for SOBAD, so bad luck if you wanted me to tell you what they were. They involve the Power Glove.

I have played a vast amount of point and click games over the last few years, in a desperate bid to recapture those halcyon days of the 1990s, but the Ben and Dan series remain one of a handful of such games that I now look back on with pleasant memories. There wasn’t a single moment of frustration, and the humour elevated the games way beyond the average adventure.

In other news: I am so sick of platform games. And so is The World. Honestly.